[PATCH] vm86.2: Add 32-bit specific to CONFORMING TO

[PATCH] vm86.2: Add 32-bit specific to CONFORMING TO

[Parag Warudkar]

While playing around with Wine on 64-bit kernel I noticed that vm86 is 
not supposed to work there. 

It might be a good idea to clarify that in the vm86 man page.

--- man-pages-3.18/man2/vm86.2	2009-02-08 21:14:13.000000000 -0500
+++ man-pages-3.18-wk/man2/vm86.2	2009-02-15 14:19:08.072201220 -0500
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 (This is a kernel sanity check; the saved
 stack should only exist within vm86 mode itself.)
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This call is specific to Linux on Intel processors, and should not be
+This call is specific to 32-bit Linux on Intel processors, and should not be
 used in programs intended to be portable.
 .SH COLOPHON
 This page is part of release 3.18 of the Linux
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Re: [PATCH] vm86.2: Add 32-bit specific to CONFORMING TO

[Michael Kerrisk]

Hello Parag,

On 2/16/09, Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> While playing around with Wine on 64-bit kernel I noticed that vm86 is
> not supposed to work there.
>
> It might be a good idea to clarify that in the vm86 man page.

Agreed -- see below.

> --- man-pages-3.18/man2/vm86.2	2009-02-08 21:14:13.000000000 -0500
> +++ man-pages-3.18-wk/man2/vm86.2	2009-02-15 14:19:08.072201220 -0500
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
>  (This is a kernel sanity check; the saved
>  stack should only exist within vm86 mode itself.)
>  .SH "CONFORMING TO"
> -This call is specific to Linux on Intel processors, and should not be
> +This call is specific to 32-bit Linux on Intel processors, and should not

I made it:

This call is specific to Linux on 32-bit Intel processors

The change will be in 3.19.

Thanks for reporting this.  I put the probablem down to bit-rot, since
the last major change to this page was in 1997, when 64-bit Intel was
not on most people's horizons.

Cheers,

Michael

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